March Cancellations
Aug 5, 2020, 2:03 pm
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March Cancellations
Lots of talk on here (across threads) and on TPG UK Facebook group of cancellations in March 2021.
What is going on? seems a bit early to be cancelling flights that far out.
What is going on? seems a bit early to be cancelling flights that far out.
Aug 5, 2020, 4:27 pm
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Sometimes I really think BA can’t win. If they didn’t cancel them before a month or so out, there would be whingeing on this very forum along the lines of ‘the scheming .......s sold me a ticket for a flight they knew they wouldn’t be able to operate because they got rid of half their fleet!’
Aug 6, 2020, 12:45 am
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Those are not final cancellations - not even the October ones are - but as mentioned, with reduced fleet (and staff), there is a first batch of cancellations of flights which they just already know will absolutely certainly not run. It does not mean that the others will absolutely certainly run, but those are gone for sure, and there would be no point in leaving them on the schedules if you know that you'll need to disappoint and reaccommodate passengers who may book them.
Aug 6, 2020, 1:01 am
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The winter 2020-2021 schedule is currently being altered/adjusted etc and that runs until towards the end of March 2021 so it makes sense that there will be cancellations then.
Aug 6, 2020, 4:15 am
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This also signals they don't expect changes to the Points of Entry in the USA until post inauguration of the new or re-elected POTUS.
Shame I like San Diego as a point of entry much less stressful than LAX and the direct flight is easier when traveling with a 94 y/o mother in a wheel chair.
however I wouldn’t let her anywhere near the US at her age, so surely it’s best they’ve cancelled
Aug 6, 2020, 5:54 am
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I doubt that the US will expand POE's until restrictions on entry from Europe and Asia are significantly reduced. There is no pressure from air carriers or the market (other than, of course, local businesses) to do so.